Senior Electrician

Purpose of Position

The Senior Electrician provides advanced journeyman-level installation, maintenance, and service of electrical systems. Responsible for the prompt performance of assigned electrical and related duties. Includes assisting the Supervisor in supervising semi skilled and skilled staff.

Essential Functions

• Maintain the automated work order system.
• This includes: Issuing work orders to the electrical personnel and making sure work has been performed.
• Speaking with faculty and staff on the needs of the users and setting up times for work to be performed.
• Ordering material needed to complete work orders.
• Installs and repairs underground electrical conduit and wire for pole lighting and services.
• This Includes: Digging or running a trencher for new underground conduit, laying out the locations of new pole lighting or services, repairing broken underground conduits, tracing out underground damaged wires and replacing them with new and locating underground electrical for DIGTESS.
• Installs new electrical services to buildings and extends old services.
• This includes: the removal of old feeders, underground trenching to location and the sizing and pulling of new feeders per NEC.
• Removing old switchgear and installing new.
• Replacing breakers in switchgear and panels.
• Estimate cost for electrical work needed for research or other needs.
• This requires: Having knowledge of electrical material, building practices and national electrical code.
• Installs, maintains and repairs transformers, generators, controls panels, switches, circuit breakers, outlets, fixtures, fittings and accessories.
• This includes: the layout and installation of luminaries, working on energized parts, tracing out electrical circuits, installing and testing generators and ATS, installing new transformers and installing new outlets and switches in remodeled renovations.
• Must have experience in the demo of existing and install new electrical to renovation projects throughout the campus.
• This Includes: Reading the blueprints, tracking cost, writing change orders, speaking with Architects and Engineers, installing panels, outlets, switches, luminaries, calculating loads and installing conduit and wire for new feeders and branch circuits.
• Assist the electrical supervisor in day-to-day operations.
• This includes: The supervision of all electrical personnel and campus electrical operations including training and mentorship of shop personnel.
• Must be able to take over the supervisor’s role when he is not on campus.
• Respond to on call electrical emergencies Before/During/After Normal hours of operations.
• This includes: Fires, electrical outages, floods, and icy conditions.
• Must have knowledge of the campus electrical distribution, how to identify the problem, plan for appropriate action, communicate severity and fix the problem.
• Install new electrical needed for research equipment and assist other departments with troubleshooting electrical problems and installation of new equipment.
• Assist with the installation of electrical for special events.
• This Includes: Concerts, student move-in, homecoming, graduation ceremonies, Special Olympics, highland games, special dinners, Student welcoming day, sporting events and other student activity events. Must be able to pass and maintain yearly training.
• This includes: Electrical continuing education, Hazardous communication, security training, drivers education, first aid training, asbestos training, boom lift training, scissor lift training, bucket lift training, NFPA 70 training and fork lift training.
• Performs other duties assigned.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and electrical journeyman’s license.
• Seven (7) years of experience as a licensed electrical journeyman.
• Valid Texas class “C” driver’s license or state equivalent to operate a personal vehicle.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Must be familiar with NFPAA 70,101 and 1.
• Master Electricians License.
• 2 years of lead or supervisory experience.
• Experience on large university campuses.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must have knowledge of all types of electrical equipment, use of hand power tools common to the electrical trade.
• Must be accurate in all phases or work performed. must be able to operate one-man lifts, boom lifts, bucket truck, and scissor lifts.
• Must have knowledge of medium voltage (15KV) terminations and testing.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, bend, stand, sit, kneel, and squat.
  
  

Work Schedule

• Monday through Friday; 8:00am through 5:00pm.
  
  

Benefits Information

Position is benefit eligible: Yes

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our employees at the University.

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